Improvement in fringes



' J. E. GlLLESPIE. Improvement in Fringes'.

Patented Feb. 27, 1872.

ATEN'I FFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRINGEpS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,051, dated February 27, 187:2; antedated February' 10, 1872.

I, JAMES E. GrLLEsPIE, of Norwich, in the county ot' New London and Sta-te of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Fringes, of which the following' is a specification:

The first part ofiny invention relates to the headingI or fabric that the loops are suspended from and into which they are woven, and con- `sists in making the said heading' in the form of a tube or pipe, the loop-cord Vforming the tilling or weft, my object being to make these goods so that a wire or cord can be passed through the hollow heading', and the fringe hung up as a curtain and also to make a more ornamental while more iirin and secure fabric. The second part of my invention relates to a separatin g-cord that is woven into the fabric of the heading between the loop cords for the purpose of separating the loops from each other a greater or less distance without having the fabric of the heading woven so -as to vary in firmness.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is an end View, showing the loop and its form in the warp. Fig.2shows a series of loops and a portion of the heading, with the separatingcord running through the fabric between the loops. Fig. 3 is an end View, showing the separatingcord and its position in the warp. Figs. a and 5 show both cords extended into loops so as to make a double quantity of loops. Figs. 6 and 7 show the old way of making this kind of goods;

To make this kind of fringe, the loop-cord is twisted very hard, so that when allowed to come together in the loop it will of itself run up into twist or balance. I arrange the warp d so as to have a change of shed between each cord of weft-thread in the usual form. Instead of passing' the loop-cord to and fro through the warp, as in Figs. 6 and 7, I pass it always into the warp at the same side or edge, and through in the saine direction, always passing it outat the same side ofthe warp. The cord is extended into a loop, and again returns to the former edge of the warp, thus continuing to pass around in a spiral form, as clearly shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, and 5, where b b and c c c are the loop-cords, and d the. warp. Figs.

1 and 4 clearly show that the twist of the loop b tends to draw the edges or sides of the warp or fabric of the heading toward eachother in the form of a circle or atube. There can be enough warp-threads used to extend or spread nearly around or only over a portion of the tube, as in Fig. l. It' all of the cords used as weft to form the heading are extended into loops c c, as in Fig. 5, an exceedingly thick fringe is produced, be cause only one thickness of cord passes through the heading for each loop, while the loops are two such cords doubled and twisted together, and therefore occupy twice the space filled in the heading, and entirely unlike the loops and heading in Figs. 6 and 7. When about the usual number of loops to the yard is desired, I extend only every second cord or weft-thread into a loop, and let the other or first one, a, Figs. 2 and 25, be drawn up close to the warp, as in Figs. 2 vand 3, thereby setting or separating the'loops apart from each other a greater or less distance according to the size ofthe cord a, while the fabric of the heading can be beat up just as tightly and the loops c c c held just as h'rml y as if they were closely woven together. By means of this arrangement I am ena bled to have a rm head to the fringe that can be nailed or sewed to an object, or passed over a wire and hung up. Another very great advantage is that a nail-head can be hid from view by getting' it through the fabric so as to come within the tube or pipe-head. Ialso am enabled to avoid the projections or lumps e e e, Fig. 7, and get a smooth and more handsome appearance.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letn ters Patent, is-

1. A fringe, made with a tube or pipe-heading, the weft of which forms the loops, substantially as specified, and for the purpose as set forth.

2. A fringe, with the separating or dividing cord a woven in between the loops, substantially as shown, and for the purpose as set forth.

Witnesses.: JAMES E. GILLESPIE.

O. W. CONVERSE. WEBSTER PARK. 

